How to Create a Custom AutoFill Series List in MS Excel

Do you often waste time typing employee names, business names, nation names, state names, currency names, and family names into an Excel worksheet? With the custom Autofill series, you can stop wasting time by entering the same information over and over again.

Once you’ve made a custom AutoFill list, you can use it frequently without having to type again. Start them off using various methods.

How to Create a Custom AutoFill Series List in Excel

There are two ways to create a custom auto-fill list in Excel. These are explained below.

Method 1

Prepare the list of data that you want to use to create a custom AutoFill series list

Go to the File menu (in 2013 and later versions) or the Office button (in 2010 and earlier versions).

Select “options” from the file menu’s bottom to bring up the Excel options dialogue box after opening the File menu or Office button.

Select Advance under Excel options

Then scroll down  using the scroll bar till you get the Edit Custom List option

After that, a custom list dialogue box will open

Now click on the import to import your data list from the cells

Then click OK in the Excel Options dialogue box, and then click OK.

Now enter one of the data lists that you have created

Then drag the fill handle to create a list.

Method 2:

Go to the File menu in 2013 and later versions for the office button in 2010 and earlier versions

After opening the file menu or Office button

Select the options which appear at the bottom of the file menu to open the Excel Options dialogue box

Select advance under Excel options

Then scroll down the editing options using the scroll bar till you get the edit custom list option

After that, a custom list dialogue box will open

Type the new list separately by pressing enter key under list entries

Then click on the add button, click ok and again press ok

Now enter one of the data lists that you have created

Then drag the fill handle to create a list.

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